National Information Standards Organization

Not to be confused with ISO.
For the genus of sea snails, see Niso.
National Information Standards Organization
AbbreviationNISO
FormationJune 22, 1939; 85 years ago (1939-06-22)[1]
TypeNon-Profit
PurposeNational standards
HeadquartersBaltimore, Maryland
Membership
221 organizations[2]
Official language
English
Executive Director
Todd A. Carpenter
Budget
US$1.2 million
Staff
6
Volunteers
500
Websitewww.niso.org
Formerly called
Z39 Committee

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO; /ˈnaɪsoʊ/) is a United States non-profit standards organization that develops, maintains and publishes technical standards related to publishing, bibliographic and library applications. It was founded in 1939 as the Z39 Committee, chaired from 1963-1977 by Jerrold Orne,[3] incorporated as a not-for-profit education association in 1983, and assumed its current name in 1984.[4]

  1. ^ National Information Standards Organization (NISO) archives > ArchivesUM
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NISOmembership was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Lawrence G. Livingston. (1997). "Bibliographic Standards and the Evolving National Network" in Orne, Jerrold and Herbert Poole (1977) Academic Libraries by the Year 2000: Essays Honoring Jerrold Orne. New York: R.R. Bowker.
  4. ^ "What We Do". National Information Standards Organization. Retrieved January 22, 2020.